Our planet EARTH has roughly around 1 Trillion species. Fun fact, Researchers are still not sure about it ! !
According to them only one-thousandth of one percent have been described.
Out of those 1 Trillion Species, there are roughly around 10,425 species of birds. Now we all know that birds are also of different types. The most common perception that we have for them is that they fly and make their homes or nests on trees. Well at least that’s what my teachers taught me ! !
Now since we have generalized them under the umbrella of ‘flying creatures that nests on tress’, it’s quite fascinating to observe that pigeons never make their nests on trees.
Admit it, you have observed this a lot of time but never really gave it a thought.
Well there can be many reasons for it ! !
Any guesses ? Okay lets just read further.
Now many of you may claim that pigeons do nest on trees, possibility is that you might have seen it somewhere in a rural area which has a lot more trees as compared to cities. Those pigeons are called Band-tailed pigeons and they live in habitats near to forests, so they have no problem nesting on trees.
1st Possibility
If you are a Game Of Thrones (G.O.T) Fan (which I suppose entirely depend upon the kind of peer pressure you went through in your rest of the G.O.T Friend circle), you will be able to relate it. Actually NO, you don’t need to watch G.O.T to relate everything happening in your life. PEACE ! !
In ancient times pigeons were used to carry messages, in racing and recreation. Given the fact that they have a large number of natural enemies, pigeons in urban areas prefer to make their nests or homes inside buildings rather than on trees in order to protect themselves.
2nd Possibility
The pigeons that we see in cities are actually the Rock Dove (Columbia livia). The original Rock Doves came from Europe, and their natural habitat was near rock cliffs (hence the name being ‘Rock Dove’). Buildings, windowsills, bridges, etc., are the closest things to cliffs near the city. Hence they have the natural tendency to build their nests on to the nest possible closest thing resembling as their cliffs.
3rd Possibility ( May be a weird one)
There is slight possibility that they might have lost muscle power in their feet and thus can’t grip on branches (in the course of evolution), just like we humans lost our feet muscle power and now we can’t grip objects like how apes do with their feet.
So these are some possible reasons that I feel can be the answer to the question ! !
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